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Poetry and Poetics of Writing Back (CWRI30006)
Undergraduate level 3Points: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)
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Semester 2
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Poetry and Poetics of Writing Back is about how we read and write poetry today. In this subject, we will grapple with notions of canon and legitimacy, inclusivity and exclusivity and think hard about how to write back to them. We will focus on the work of contemporary poets (such as Vuong, Whittaker, Beneba Clarke and Hong) and the many ways in which they’ve re-tooled English, reconstructed language, re-thought poetic form and traditions. In this subject, we will explore the ways in which poetry necessarily lends itself to finding new forms, to an interrogative focus on language, to a profound strangeness, playfulness, and opacity. Using Audre Lorde’s assertion that “the masters tools will never dismantle the masters house” as a springboard, we will search for new linguistic tools with which we can break open and rebuild ossified forms, structures, institutions and ideas to house our writing.
Intended learning outcomes
On successful completion of this subject, students should have:
- Demonstrated an advanced critical reading of the core humanities discipline of poetry, encompassing various formal, conceptual, political, theoretical and philosophical approaches to contemporary poetry practices
- Acquired experience in drafting and developing a coherent suite of poems drawing from in-class explorations of poetic techniques
- Developed an ability to interact collaboratively with peers in the discipline area and undertake informed and constructive peer review of an individual creative project
- Understand the practice of writing poetry in local, national and international contexts and the politics and poetics of representation
- Develop a self-reflexive and ethical poetic practice.
Generic skills
At the completion of this subject, students should gain the following generic skills:
- Be able to apply advanced analytic and critical skills to written texts
- Be able to apply advanced problem-solving skills to creative and analytic tasks
- Have the ability to complete written tasks to an advanced level of literacy and communication
- Plan and develop their own work; and work effectively with others while respecting individual differences
- Apply ethics in poetic practice.
Last updated: 19 March 2024